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Awards Received

  • Silver Star

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Stable Sergeant

    Batallion:

    109th Machine-Gun Battalion

    Division:

    28th Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    September 6, 1918

    War Department, General Orders No. 19 (1921)

    By direction of the President, under the provisions of the act of Congress approved July 9, 1918 (Bul. No. 43, W.D., 1918), Stable Sergeant Elmer Schlegelmilch (ASN: 1257712), United States Army, is cited for gallantry in action and a silver star may be placed upon the ribbon of the Victory Medals awarded him. Stable Sergeant Schlegelmilch distinguished himself by gallantry in action while serving with Company B, 109th Machine-Gun Battalion, 28th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, in action near Villette, Aisne, France, 6 September 1918, while directing a wagon load of machine gun ammunition forward, during heavy enemy bombardment.